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Predominant Symptom in Gastroparesis: Relationships to Quality of Life, Treatments, and Outcome
In patients with gastroparesis, the most common predominant symptoms were nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Impaired QOL varied with patients' predominant symptom, with abdominal pain associated with poorer QOL. Over 48 weeks, GSCI improved ≥ 1 in a minority of patients, more often in patients with predominant symptoms of nausea and bloating, less ...
Henry P. Parkman +16 more
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Miotomia laparoscopica secondo Heller per acalasia esofagea. C’è bisogno di una fundoplicatio? [PDF]
The last decade has witnessed radical changes in the treatment of esophageal achalasia due to the development of minimally invasive techniques. Because of the high success rate of the laparoscopic Heller myotomy, a radical shift in the treatment ...
Fisichella, Piero Marco, Patti, Marco G.
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Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: a dental perspective [PDF]
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is regarded as a potentially life threatening breathing disorder characterised by periodic cessation of air intake during sleep.
Mulligan, Kevin M.
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Recurrences of symptoms after the surgery for achalasia cardia are not uncommon. There are several causes of recurrences but the early recurrences are speculated to be secondary to incomplete myotomy and late recurrence due to fibrosis after the myotomy ...
Golash Vishwanath
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From the Chair: Overview [PDF]
Honor Roll! Congratulations to the faculty, staff, residents and fellows here at Jefferson. We have achieved a distinction obtained by less than 0.5% of all American hospitals – this July we were notified that we have joined the U.S.News & World Report ...
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A third myotomy with peroral endoscopic myotomy after two failed Heller myotomies [PDF]
Majidah, Bukhari +4 more
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Laser diverticulotomy for Zenker's diverticulum-does it improve quality of life? [PDF]
To determine quality of life (QoL) in individuals with dysphagia related to identified Zenker’s diverticulum before (T1) and one year after undergoing endoscopic laser diverticulotomy surgery (T2).
Brøndbo, Kjell +2 more
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Surgery for a symptomatic epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum (EED) typically involves a diverticulectomy with myotomy and partial fundoplication. A 54-year-old male patients presented with postprandial retrosternal pain and regurgitation.
Sanjamjot Singh +7 more
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Background It has been suggested that intrasphincteric injection of botulinum toxin (BTX) may represent an alternative therapy to balloon dilatation in achalasia. The aim of the present study was to test the effectiveness of botulinum toxin injections in
Meining A +7 more
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Flexible endoscopic treatment of Zenker’s diverticulum: a retrospective study in a single center from Turkey [PDF]
Background/Aims: We aimed to contribute to the literature by sharing the findings of patients treated by cricopharyngeal myotomy with a flexible endoscopic septal division.
Kerem Kenarli, Bülent Ödemiş
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